flaw
英 [flɔː]
美 [flɔ]
- n. 瑕疵，缺點；一陣狂風；短暫的風暴；裂縫，裂紋
- v. 使生裂縫，使有裂紋；使無效；使有缺陷
- vi. 生裂縫；變的有缺陷
助記提示
1. flag, flake <====> flaw, floe, flay.
2. blow => flaw.
3. 諧音“縫裂”。
4. f-(諧音“縫”) + law => flaw: 法律縫隙、法律缺陷、法律漏洞。
中文詞源
flaw 缺點詞源不詳。可能來自flake, 碎片。引申詞義缺陷，缺點。
英文詞源
- flaw
- flaw: see flake
- flaw (n.)
- early 14c., "a flake" (of snow), also in Middle English "a spark of fire; a splinter," from Old Norse flaga "stone slab, layer of stone," perhaps used here in a wider sense (see flag (n.2)). Old English had floh stanes, but the Middle English form suggests a Scandinavian origin. "The close resemblance in sense between flaw and flake is noteworthy" [OED]. Sense of "defect, fault" first recorded 1580s, first of character, later (c. 1600) of material things; probably via notion of a "fragment" broken off.
- flaw (v.)
- "cause a flaw or defect in," early 15c. (implied in flawed); see flaw (n.). Related: Flawing.
雙語例句
- 1. The only flaw in his character seems to be a short temper.
- 他性格中的唯一缺點好像就是脾氣急。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The flaw in this stamp makes it less valuable.
- 這張郵票因為有點缺陷,不那麽值錢.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It was a large diamond, but it had a flaw.
- 這是顆大鑽石, 但它有一點瑕疵.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. There isn't the slightest flaw in this bowl.
- 這隻碗上丁點兒毛病都沒有.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The bubble is a flaw in the glass.
- 這個小氣泡是這隻玻璃杯的缺點.
來自《用法詞典》